The great towel debate

[minniecarousel]

There is a DisBoards Facebook post about bath towel use, both at resorts & at home. We have always reused towels so the "fresh towel every day" thing is a foreign concept to me. The sheer amount of laundry that would produce is crazy! Even when we're not in drought in California we don't use that much water for laundry. Always fun to hear other opinions on something like this.

 

[ashley0139]

I do not change my towel every day. I use it for several days before changing to a new one.

 

[powellrj]

That was always one of the best things about vacation, clean towels and sheets every day! Now I am l know better and reuse.

 

[lorimay]

My husband and I reuse our towels, my son drives me nuts and doesn't. His wife reuses hers though.
When he buys his own house and pays bills, I bet he starts.

 

[amberpi]

Reuse home and away.

 

[BrianL]

Yes, I use a towel several times before washing it, usually a few days.

 

[Julylady]

I think where you are on this debate depends on how you were raised. In my childhood home, we never reused towels. My Mom (and later us kids) would run a load of bath towels every day. We didn't even have towel racks mounted in our bathroom. As an adult, I have always thought the idea of re-using a dirty towel was pretty gross. There is a LOT of things I would give up before I would give up on using a clean towel after every shower.

 

[monsterkitty]

Ha! We have had house guests since last Thursday. 3 of the 4 have taken two showers per day. They refuse to re-use towels. As we don't have that many towels I've been doing a lot of laundry!!

 

[FairestOfThemAll37]

I don't re-use towels home or away.

The exception is my little turbos twist hair towels, sometimes I'll have an reuse those.

 

[DLgal]

At home, I wash towels once a week. But at home, my bathrooms have great ventilation and our humidity is low most of the time, so the towels actually dry fully between uses.

At WDW, it is so humid and NONE of the bathrooms I've ever had at the resorts have had decent ventilation so they stay damp. There, we get new towels daily.

 

[piccolopat]

I've always reused my towels for a couple of days depending on weather and humidity. Since I am clean after showering, I don't consider my towels dirty just because I used them to dry off.

 

[smiths02]

Don't reuse, especially away.
For one, with the exception of my younger two (with character towels), I can't tell who reused the towel last.

The other thing is I don't want to end up drying my face with a towel that has been on other parts of my body.

 

[FairestOfThemAll37]

Don't reuse, especially away.
For one, with the exception of my younger two (with character towels), I can't tell who reused the towel last.

The other thing is I don't want to end up drying my face with a towel that has been on other parts of my body.

This is me exactly! Even out of the shower I wouldn't rub my hand it my butt then on my face! I don't want the towel to be a conduit for the same scenario. >.<

 

[kimblebee]

This is me exactly! Even out of the shower I wouldn't rub my hand it my butt then on my face! I don't want the towel to be a conduit for the same scenario. >.<

How dirty is your butt after a shower? lol

We reuse towels. After your shower you are clean so you aren't getting dirt on the towel. SUre, you might get a bit of dry skin on it but it will be gone by your next shower.

 

[usnuzuloose]

I don't mind reusing a towel for 3 days. I don't have an issue with the washing. But in a hotel I like a fresh towel as they are so thin. This about the only time I want a fresh towel.

 

[tasha99]

I don't reuse on vacation unless I'm in a dvc villa, in which case, we might do towels in the washing machine, but usually not. If I'm paying hundreds, often thousands of dollars for the week on a hotel, I want to be treated like a Kennedy (I think I read that Jackie had fresh sheets put on the bed after her afternoon naps.) I want my clean linens, turn down service, whatever it is they're offering to make the hotel experience more luxurious.

Edit: I do not reuse wash clothes, even at home. I wash up to down and it seems unsanitary to reuse washcloths. Towels are washed every 3rd day or so.

 

[Micca]

Re-use at home & away.

 

[maxiesmom]

I rewash at home and reuse when away. Mostly because at home there is no decent place for us to hang them up in order to reuse them.

 

[mjkacmom]

Most here rarely re-use, because they are lazy slobs who leave the wet towels on the floor.

 

[PattnFmly]

We reuse towels home and away. Everyone has their own place for their to dry so we don't generally share. Towels are washed once a week in our house.